Anyone takink Lexapro?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:31 pm

Great i feel worse now that i have read all the bad side effects of Lexapro !! and its withdrawals. Now what? Im stuck now on Lexapro dont wanna look foward to the withdrawals.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:59 pm

When I started taking antidepressants the doc put me on Lexapro. I loved it...at first....and then I started gaining the weight. I then went to Zoloft, and ended on Cymbalta. If you don't want to be on Lexapro you might talk to your doctor about switching to one of those. They are in the same SSRI family. Since starting the program (I'm on Session 11) I have gotten off my antidepressant and my anitanexity meds. I am now on a medication to help me lose the weight that I have gained over the past year from being on antidepressants. I honestly couldn't feel any better! Life is great!! Keep your head up! IF you decide to get off the meds more than likely you will not have a heart attack from anxiety. Talk to your doctor about those concerns though and give him your family history in regards to heart problems. Much luck to you!!! I WILL get better

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:13 pm

well went to my dr. this evening gonna try to hang in there with the lexapro...all my blood work is good though.but i do have a sist on one of my ovaries....so may have to have a ultrasound done for that. but i'm gonna try my best to stick with the lexapro..my doc said take it at night before bed and maybe it would help me rest..on 10mg by the way..i had a spell thiis evening so i took an antivan to calm down..here lately sense like i have aniexty of mornings and afternoons...it scares me to death to feel this way...i'm so afraid i'm gonna die..i get so worked up..my husbabd works during the day so it's just me and boo here thru the day..my son with down's he is 14. scares me i'm gonna maybe pass out and no one here to watch him...he depends on me for mostly everything...going to see a heart dr. sept2. but i'll keep posting on this lexapro..thanks so much to all of you for just listening.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:32 pm

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Blessings,
Fairlight

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:43 am

I wouldnt read to into all the side effects that Lexapro can have. ALL drugs have side effects (even tylenol and advil), but that DOES NOT mean you will have those side effects. Most people do not experience those horrible side effects that are listed, they are VERY rare.

Lexapro has been noted to have the least amoutn of side effects and is one of the easiest to come off of. It is easy to blame every pain or weird sensation on Lexapro but in reality it is most likely your anxiety causing most of them. So try not to think about it. I am on Lexapro and I feel fine, just like myelf. My mother took Lex and felt fine as well and had no problems getting off of it. Dont worry about the what ifs, dont worry about withdrawal symptoms, focus on the now and getting better now and if the meds help, dont feel bad or scared to take them.

There are many people that will always find the bad in taking these meds, you have to do what is right for you, do not let them sway your mind and scare you.

hopehound · Post by **hopehound** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:08 am

Originally posted by LilyFlower23:
Great i feel worse now that i have read all the bad side effects of Lexapro !! and its withdrawals. Now what? Im stuck now on Lexapro dont wanna look foward to the withdrawals.

I was on Lexapro twice. There was no withdrawal at all from coming off it. But if it's helping you at all with anxiety/depression, then you have to weigh that against any side effects.

Side effects are just a list of what some people experience. And some of that might not even be from Lexapro itself. A muscle pain in one specific area is not a side effect from Lexapro. If muscle pain or stiffness was a side effect, you'd have it all over, not just on the left side of your chest.

The best thing to do is talk to your doctor. Maybe he can give you something different or something in addition to the Lexapro.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:14 am

STOP WITH THAT DARN "ROAD BACK" websight, right now........that website she sent you is SUCH A BAD PLACE TO GO. Its up there from a bunch of tree hugging, no med, preachy bunch of people. If it takes meds to get you functional, THEN DO IT!!!! I hate when that website pops up. You DO what your doc (I only trust my psych doc for my psych issues). And FYI........I was on Lexapro once for 3 months, quit cold turkey and NO SIDE EFFECTS. If you quit now (BUT I WOULDN'T UNTIL I SAW IF IT WAS GOING TO WORK), you would have no effects, its not been long enough. You have a full plate, I myselft take Klonopin 1mg at night, .5mg am and .5mg afternoon and take Lexapro NIGHTLY because I sleep through the side effects (usually nausea with me). I feel like a different person. I don't tremble (which the Lexapro made me do for about 2 weeks), I actually feel normal. My goal is to be able SOMEDAY to do this without meds, but for now, I do what it takes to take care of me and my family. Half the "side effects" listed on that site I have OFF meds.....in fact, if you look close, they name absolutely EVERYTHING that your body experiences no matter what. That's why people read it and go "Oh my gosh, its the meds"!!!! Please, do what your doc says, keep your head up, and you can make it. A positive outlook is key, even on your lowest days, MAKE yourself at least think happy. And laugh at least once a day, out loud.......HUGS!!!!! Sorry to start out so angry, but that website scares the hell out of people, and then they question EVERYTHING that their docs tell them, and EVERY little twitch and tingle they feel. My 2 cents

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:33 am

I have just started on Lexapro about 2 mos ago. I had taken Effexor XR for about 5 yrs, and it seemed to have stopped working as well. I have also tried almost every med available. I am now on Lamictil, Lexapro, and then Klonopin as needed. I am hoping to get at the root of all of this self-defeating behavior. I think I can
with lots of determination and this program.

All meds have to list every single possible effect that may occur in order to prevent lawsuits. There will be one that has the least side effects for you. Please don't let the possible (not guaranteed) symptoms prevent you from a happier life. I just wish I had been able to take meds when I was a teenager, I wouldn't have been so utterly miserable then.

Vicky

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:08 am

Originally posted by Want2FeelGoodAgain:
STOP WITH THAT DARN "ROAD BACK" websight, right now........that website she sent you is SUCH A BAD PLACE TO GO. Its up there from a bunch of tree hugging, no med, preachy bunch of people. If it takes meds to get you functional, THEN DO IT!!!! I hate when that website pops up. You DO what your doc (I only trust my psych doc for my psych issues). And FYI........I was on Lexapro once for 3 months, quit cold turkey and NO SIDE EFFECTS. If you quit now (BUT I WOULDN'T UNTIL I SAW IF IT WAS GOING TO WORK), you would have no effects, its not been long enough. You have a full plate, I myselft take Klonopin 1mg at night, .5mg am and .5mg afternoon and take Lexapro NIGHTLY because I sleep through the side effects (usually nausea with me). I feel like a different person. I don't tremble (which the Lexapro made me do for about 2 weeks), I actually feel normal. My goal is to be able SOMEDAY to do this without meds, but for now, I do what it takes to take care of me and my family. Half the "side effects" listed on that site I have OFF meds.....in fact, if you look close, they name absolutely EVERYTHING that your body experiences no matter what. That's why people read it and go "Oh my gosh, its the meds"!!!! Please, do what your doc says, keep your head up, and you can make it. A positive outlook is key, even on your lowest days, MAKE yourself at least think happy. And laugh at least once a day, out loud.......HUGS!!!!! Sorry to start out so angry, but that website scares the hell out of people, and then they question EVERYTHING that their docs tell them, and EVERY little twitch and tingle they feel. My 2 cents

AMEN!!!!!!!!!! I totally agree, that site is horrible to go to.

Just as an example, I have a sinus infection, got put on antibiotics, I feel like crap, I will take the meds the doc gave me to feel better. Now if I read the SE, whcih they have to list for lawsuit liabilites, then I would NEVER want to take the meds and I would get worse and feel worse. What I am tryin gto make you see is you take meds to help you, to make you feel better. I am taking the anbtibiotics and decongestants to clear up this horrid sinus infection and I am glad that I have Lexapro to help me through my obsessive thinking, bad PMS, and anxiety. If it helps me and makes me live the life I want to live than I am all for it.

Dont believe all the hype of being all natural,stay away form meds, etc... while I do beleive in some of that stuff that is not always the best for some of us.

Do what is best for you and works for you.

Angie S. · Post by **Angie S.** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:58 am

Now I sound like a maniac because they pulled her "The Road Back" post.........but for what its worth, do what it takes to make and KEEP you well. Best wishes.